Tie-plate.



W. L. DE REMER.

TIE PLATE;

ABPLIOATION FILED AUG. 26, 1909.

962,75 1; Patented June 23, 1910.

"UNITED s'rA'rEs rArEr WILLIAM L. DE REMER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TIE-PLATE.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM L. DE Emma, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Tmprovements in Tie-Plates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tie-plates and the object thereof is to provide a novel, efiicient and reliable device of this character possessing many advantages in matters of construc tion and of practical use.

Speaking in general terms, my tie-plate, instead of being of a one-piece construction, is formed of a plurality of parts comprising a body portion or plate proper and removable portions which engage opposite sides of the rail flange and through which the spikes are passed, said removable portions having interlocking connection with the rail or with both the rail and the body portion of the tie-plate.

In the drawing Figure l is a section of my new tieplate and a rail in position thereon and also a portion of a tie; Fig. 2 a top plan view of the body portion of the tie-plate; Fig. 3 a perspective of one of the removable portions or strips; Fig. 4 a view similar to Fig. 1 but illustrating a modified form of construction; Fig. 5 a perspective of one of the removable portions or strips illustrated in Fig. 4, and Fig. (3 a section of another modification.

Referring to the particular embodimentof my invention illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 8, the tie-plate comprises a body portion 1 or tie-plate proper upon which the flange of the rail 2 rests when in position and similar removable portions 3 which extend along the opposite sides of such rail flange. As shown and by preference these removable portions or strips 3 have interlocking connection both with the rail itself and the body portion of the tie-plate, to which end the plate 1 has near its ends transverse grooves 1 which are adapted to receive the depending portions 3* of said removable strips, which depending portions are extended inwardly as flanges 3 to engage underneath the opposite sides of the rail flange as clearly indicated in Fig. 1, it being understood that the grooves l extend inwardly somewhat within the lines of the sides of the rail flange. The upper surface of each removable strip is provided with a flat portion 3 through which the spike holes 3 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 26, 1909.

Patented June 28, 1910.

Serial No. 514,667.

pass, and with an inclined surface 3 corresponding substantially to the inclination of the upper face of the rail flange and adapted to support the head of the spike 4: which is here shown as a screw spike. Each removable portion 3 is also provided on its upper face with a shoulder 3 against which the side of the rail flange abuts. The plate 1 is provided with spike holes 1 corresponding in position with the spike holes 3.

In practice the removable portions or strips 3 are placed in position upon the plate proper and the rail is laid thereupon with the result that inasmuch as such rail overlaps said removable portions the latter are held in place. The spikes are thereupon passed through the spike holes and the rail and portions of the tie-plate are thereby securely held or anchored to the tie 5. The tieplate may be provided on its underside with flanges 1 running in any desired direction and engaging the top surface of the tie in the usual manner as seen in Fig. 1.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have illustrated a modified form of construction in which the removable portions or strips are interlocked with the rail but not with the plate proper, said removable portions merely resting upon the fiat plate. As shown this modified form of tie-plate consists of a fiat plate 6 and the two removable portions 7 which have extended flanges 7 directed inwardly underneath the rail flange as seen in Fig. 4c. The upper face of each of these removable portions 7 is provided with a flat part 7* through which the spike holes 7 pass and with an inclined portion 7 adapted to support the head of the screw spike 8 in the same manner as said inclined portion 3 in the other form of construction. Each removable portion 7 is provided also with a transverse shoulder 7 against which a side of the rail flange abuts when in position on the tie-plate. Inasmuch as this particular form of removable portions 7 is not interlocked with the tie-plate proper the same are adjustable longitudinally of the plate, that is, transversely of the line of rail and the spike holes are accordingly made in the form of slots with the result that different widths of rail fiange may be accommodated with the same general construction of tie-plate but this adjustable feature is not made the subject matter of this application but is reserved as the subject matter of another application filed by me on August 26, 1909,

Serial No. 514,666. However, this particular form of tie-plate has in common with the first described form the feature of interlocking with the rail. In the first described form the rail overlaps said removable portions 3, resting directly thereupon and also upon the tie-plate proper while in the modified form the rail rests directly upon the extended flanges 7 of said removable portions 7 and not directly upon the tie-plate proper.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated another modification wherein the two removable portions or strips 8 are cut away or reduced on their overlapping edges and permitted to slide for adjustment purposes with respect to the rail. Like the modification of Fig. 4, this particular modification of tie-plate employs removable portions which interlock with the rail flange and which moreover are adjustable transversely of the line of rail to fit different widths of rail flange. In view of the form of tie-plate shown in Fig. 4, it is obvious that the tie-plate of Fig. 6 may be provided with a plate which may be termed an abrasion plate similar to plate 6.

I claim:

1. A tie-plate comprising a body portion or plate proper and removable strips which extend transversely thereof in the direction of the rail and on opposite sides thereof and through which the spikes are adapted to be passed; substantially as described.

2. A tie-plate comprising a body portion or plate proper and removable strips which extend transversely thereof in the direction of the rail and on opposite sides thereof and through which the spikes are adapted to be passed; said strips having inwardly directed flanges which extend beneath the rail when in position; substantially as described.

A tie-plate comprising a body portion or plate proper having transverse grooves near its ends and adapted to engage opposite sides of the rail, and removable strips which fit in said grooves and through which the i 'i i spikes are adapted to be passed; substantially as described.

a. A tie-plate comprising a body portion or plate proper having near its ends transverse grooves and adapted to engage opposite sides of the rail, and removable strips having portions corresponding with said grooves to interlock therewith, said strips having openings through which the spikes are adapted to pass; substantially as described.

5. A tieplate comprising a body portion or plate proper having near its ends transverse grooves, and removable strips having portions corresponding with said grooves to interlock therewith, said grooves extending beneath the rail when in position, whereby a portion of each strip will interlock with such rail, the strips having spike openings through which the spikes are adapted to pass; substantially as described.

6. A tie plate comprising a body portion, and separate removable portions which cooperate therewith and through which the spikes are adapted to be passed, said removable portions having means whereby the spikes may be passed therethrough at different points.

7. A tie plate comprising a body portion, and separate removable portions which cooperate therewith and through which the spikes are adapted to be passed, said removable portions having longitndinal slots through which the spikes are passed.

8. A tie plate comprising a body portion, and separate removable portions which cooperate therewith and through which the spikes are adapted to be passed, said removable portious having inclined bearing shoulders for the spikes substantially correspoiu'ling with the spike-bearing surface of the rail flange.

VILLIAM L. DE REMER. lVitnesses CLARENCE J. HUMPHREYS, LoUIs B. ERWIN. 

